Sopranos, The (Season 1)

A mobster passes out at a family barbecue and seeks therapy to understand why.

As Junior eyes revenge for a hijacking, Tony scrambles to recover a stolen teacher's car, calm Livia after a kitchen fire, and steer Christopher's reckless truck-theft scheme before blood is spilled.

Tony brokers a bruising Hasidic divorce, copes with Jackie's worsening cancer, and tries to keep Meadow's amphetamine-charged SAT prep quiet--while Junior sends lethal warnings to Christopher's crew.

With Jackie gone, Tony diverts a mob civil war by crowning Uncle Junior boss, even as Christopher demands vengeance and A.J. learns the weight of his father's reputation.

On a Maine college tour, Meadow presses Tony about the Mafia while he stalks a protected informant--balancing parental pride with ruthless business; at home, Carmela's confession tests her faith.

Junior revels in newfound power and squeezes Hesh; Carmela and the capos chafe; medication side-effects drive Tony into fevered dreams--and a risky crush--on Dr. Melfi.

After A.J. is caught drinking at school, Tony's 1967 flashbacks reveal his father's mob runs and Livia's chill, as he frets that the Soprano gene--and maybe ADD meds--could warp his son's future.

Indictments loom, prompting frantic gun-and-cash stashing while Christopher digs up bodies, shoots a baker, and obsesses over finding a heroic "arc" that will etch his name in Mafia history.

Junior's prized oral-sex prowess becomes explosive gossip just as Meadow's soccer coach is unmasked as a predator, pushing Tony to weigh vengeance against the limits of mob-style justice.

A lucrative Colombian heist bankrolls Adriana's hopeless rock demo while Tony samples suburban golf-club status, discovering that music and friendship both come with rigged scorecards.

Word that Pussy might be an FBI rat pits loyalty against fear; a bath-house test fails, Detective Makazian dives to his death, and Tony spies the real informer in chatty capo Jimmy Altieri.

Over-medicated and depressed, Tony hallucinates an idealized Italian muse while Junior's hired gunmen move in--only for Christopher's timely visit to botch the hit and ignite ruthless reprisal.

Tony learns Livia and Junior ordered his murder, unleashes a retaliatory bloodbath, and, as indictments rain down, raises a glass to "the little moments" with family amid a thunderstorm.